Tomaso Albinoni: The Venetian Composer and His World

by Michael Talbot and Michael Talbot

Book Overview

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) is familiar as a Venetian composer, a contemporary of Vivaldi's, and as one of the first composers of concertos, many of which are frequently performed today. His vocal music, however, has been unjustly neglected. This book presents new information on Albinoni's unusual life and interesting details of the Venetian environment and music at the time. Talbot includes a detailed analytic study of the vocal music and a discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193152452
• ISBN13: 9780193152458
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"